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Trustees weigh streamed/recorded committee meetings and live translation after earlier failure
Summary
Trustees and public urged routine recording of committee meetings and better translation/agenda‑translation workflows after past captions produced errors; administration proposed Zoom-based recording at an estimated incremental cost (~$12,000/year) and will explore lower-cost Microsoft/YouTube alternatives and translated agenda PDFs.
Public commenters and trustees pressed the board to improve meeting accessibility after a recent instance when an automated translation application produced inaccurate captions. The March 25 session included a demonstration and discussion of live translation on-site; Mr. Valli (audience) reported the live translation during the meeting was more accurate…
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